Rashmika
Mandanna
and
Salman
Khan
in
Sikandar.
Salman
Khan’s
Sikandar
has
turned
out
to
be
his
biggest
flop
since
the
time
he
started
hitting
centuries
with
2010’s
Dabangg.
In
the
last
15
years,
he
has
managed
18
films
in
Rs
100
Crore
Club
(Rs
1
billion),
which
is
no
mean
feat.
With
such
huge
expectations,
Sikandar
managed
to
touch
Rs
105
crore*
(Rs
1.05
billion),
but
that’s
just
not
good
enough.
The
reason:
The
cost
of
making
the
film
is
substantially
higher
than
what
it
used
to
be
a
decade-and-a-half
ago.
Ticket
prices
have
also
gone
up
by
at
least
50
percent
ever
since
then,
which
means
bigger
numbers
at
lesser
footfalls.
The
A
R
Murugadoss
directed
actioner
has
been
rejected
across
the
board
with
neither
class
nor
mass
audiences
warming
up
to
it.
The
first
three
days
had
some
sort
of
numbers
coming
in,
but
since
then,
the
collections
have
been
on
a
constant
decline.
So
much
so
that
in
the
second
weekend,
the
film
struggled
to
touch
even
the
Rs
5
crore
(Rs
50
million)
mark
on
a
single
day.
The
film
will
fold
this
week
itself
as
Sunny
Deol’s
Jaat
releases
on
Friday.
It’s
not
that
Jaat
would
have
gained
an
entire
arena
for
itself
had
Sikandar
done
decent
business.
But
since
theatres
are
practically
going
empty
for
Sikandar,
Jaat
will
find
favour
amongst
exhibitors.
*Estimates.
Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources.
